Chapter 27: After

"I have to say, that was insane!" Zin was too happy to cause chaos. He clapped his hands as they got out of the car to get inside the mansion. If he were in his original form, Derrick was sure that by now he would be zooming all over the place and scattering all his feathers.

"I was glad that you enjoyed that," Lyra told him. "It was a horrible experience for me, but I am glad that it is all over."

"Not really," Derrick said. "You plan to sue them, right?"

"At the drive home, I was thinking of not pushing through with it, honestly," she responded. She took off her heels as soon as they got inside the door and walked barefoot. "I just wanted to make them fear me, for once, and it felt like I accomplished my goal."

"If you back out, they will stop fearing you again, knowing that you won't be able to do anything against them but talk."

Derrick loosened up his tie and sat on the couch to chat with Lyra, who immediately lied down and used her coat as a blanket.

"I don’t think I am ready fo